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light Carnival for Hempstead Bay to be held Saturday, Aug.
New Trolley From Freeport to Hempstead
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU COUNTY
OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 4, Number 2
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y^ FRIDAY. AUGUST 4, 1911
$1.00 Yeurly, Single Copy 5 C«nts
Merrick
Services at tbe Church of the Re¬ deemer Sanday, Tranifigaration, and the.eighth after Trinity, at 7:30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Celebration of the Holy Commanion at the early ser¬ vice. The Bishop of the diocese, the Rt. Rev. Frederick Bargess, D. D., ifill.be present at the 11 o'cloclc ser¬ vice* to administer the rite of Confir¬ mation to a class of nine whch will be presented by the rector. No session of the Sunday School will be held cur¬ ing August.
Miss Mary Kent returned on Friday last from a month's stay in Boston, two weeks of which was spent attend¬ ing a conferen>:e for church workers.
Miss Reese of New Hamburg, N. Y., bas'been visiting her sister here, Mrs. A. Clarkson.
Miss Lina Miller of the Merrick Library reports for tbe month ot July 77 people using the library and 163 books taken out as follows: 1 history, 1 raligion, 106 fiction and 46 juvenile. Sixteen books have been added to the library this month making a total of 2642.
: I
The Rev. Wm. Littebrandt spent a few days this week at Ancram, Col¬ umbia Co., N. Y.
Miss Saywood of Dorchester, Mass., was a guest tbis week with Mrs. C. N. Kent.
Mrs. Rhodes of Philadelphia, who has been making a visit with her sis¬ ter, Mrs. Walter E. Spear, left on Tuesday.
The monthly meeting of the Club will be held in the Parish on Tuesday evening at 8:30.
Nearly 20,000 Com¬ muters
Sale jtd Tickets for July Breaks all Records
This month has broken all previous racords for tbe sale of commutation tickets dn tbe Long Island Railroad. Nineteen thousand four hundred and ninety-six tickets were sold for use during July. Tbis is 2,142 more than the highMt mark reached last year, and 2,^A|^r^ater than ^ number of CQmnratt&carried in 3\0^1O.
On prMWc'ally every/division of the system th^re have been large increases over the same month last year. The heaviest traffic was on the Far Rocka¬ way Branch, which handled 6,286 com¬ muters, a gain of 646 over 1910. Other increases are as follows: Rocka¬ way Beach Branch 672; Main Line 434; Montauk Diviuion 322; Long Beach Branch 148; Wading River Branch 128; Atlantic Avenue Division 121; North Side Division 109; Hemp¬ stead Branjih 74, and Oyster Bay Branch 61. ,
"The reason for tTits remarkable ad¬ vance in commutation business," said President Ralph Peters, "may be at¬ tributed to the fact that nearly all suburban points on Long Island have been brought at least a half hour near¬ er the center of Manhattan since the Pennsylvania Railroad's East River tunnels were put in operation last Sep¬ tember. .
Bellmore
"Doc" Wolfe, our druggist, spent a pleasant day on tbe bay one day lest week and he says the outing did him a world of good. He looks better any¬ way.
We have been anxiously awaiting to see something done toward repairing the comer at Bellmore and Grand Avenues, and hope to see the officials mske the improvements soon.
A large number of the members of Advance H., L. & &ng. Co., No. 1, at¬ tended aervices at the Presbyterian Church last Sunday evening and all 1 speak well of the address by the Rev. L. M. Jones, pastor of the church.
Tbe Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and Baptism will be administered at 10:30 a, m. Sanday in the Bellmore Methodist Episcopal Church. Tbe Sun¬ day School will meet at 2:30 p. m. and the Epworth League at 7 :15 p. m. At 7:46 p. m. the camp meeting services will begin. Come and hear the de¬ lightful musical service by the orches¬ tra. Ail welcome.
The annual outing of the Second Dis¬ trict Republican Club will be held to High Hill Beaeh the latter i art of this montb. The date will be announ¬ ced later.
Don't forget to attend, the Demo¬ cratic outing next Wednesday to High Hill Beach. Boats leave Bellmore
"Our passenger business in general; Dock at 9 a. m. returning from the during the past year," he continued, | beach about 6 o'clock. A good time "has exceeded all expectations, and j ig promised for all who attend. Tick- we look forward to even better results ets, including sail and dinner nt Will- when the extensive program of im-1 uj^rth's $1.00.
" Miss Julia Kent is spending a season at Newport, R. I.
Let us remind our readers again o( the opportunity to contribute to the fire fighting facilities of the village by sending a check or salable articles to the committee in charge of the fire¬ men's annual fair to be held in the company's'hall August 16 and 17. It is kindly requested that donations be left at J. W. Birch's Real Estate Of¬ fice a week prior to the date of the fair.
provementa now under way is complet- Men'sjed. It is planned to electrify the lines House to Whitestone Landing, Port Washing¬ ton and Oyster Bay, extending the Bay Ridge line through to Fresh Pond Junc¬ tion and prepare the road for connec¬ tion with the New York Connecting Railroad and tbe New Haven Railroad. "In conjunction with this work the elimination of grade crossings on the Atlantic Avenue and Rockaway Divi¬ sions will be rapidly pushed forward; the Montauk Division will be double tracked to Patchogue, the Main Line to Farmingdale, the Wading River Branch
Merrick's oldest, well-known and honored citizen, William Elijah Hew¬ lett, passed peacefully into rest after a month's confinement to his bed at his residence, the old Hewlett Homestead, on Friday afternoon last at 5 o'clock in the 85th year of his age. The immed¬ iate cause of death was senile gang¬ rene, due to a hardening of the arter¬ ies.
Wm. E. Hewlett's name has been long associated with that of Merrick and its best interests. The beautiful row uf elms ahich has made Merrick Avenue famous throughout the Island, is due to his planting. As one has said, "They are his monument." It was under the leadership af Mr. Hew¬ lett that people got together on Christ-
The Presbyterian Sunday School held a successful picnic at L. R. Smith's Grove on Wednesday, which brought out a good attendance.
A young daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Schwicker on Oak Street this week.
The Pastime Pleasure Club will give an entertainment in Firemen's Hall on Thursday evening, August 24. The program will include a high class olio and the comedv sketch, "The New
to Huntington and such additions and j^^ „ ^he entertainment will be improvements made as may be re- i^^^^ tj,e personal management of Joe
quired at local stations.
Surrogate's Court
During the past week the following! estates have been before the Surro-1 gate's Coort at Mineola. |
Nellie Robinson died at Rockville' Centre on July 12. Her estate .cen-1 sisted cf $3000 real and not less than j $1,000 personal. There are two heirs, j a brother and a sister.
Marion, . the celebrated comedian Music will be furnished by the Nation¬ al Orchestra, of which W. J. Dayton is the manager. This club has alreadv given several good entertainments ard this one pronises to be no exception to tbeir efforts.
There will be services in the Presby¬ terian Church Sunday in the morning at 10:36 and in the evening at 8 o'clock. The subject of the morning sermon will be "A Sincere Friend."
Henry E. Nelson died in New York \ f."Jt!%T p"^ ?^ ^'7''°' "'" '^"^ °" City July 19 leaving $1800 real and! 'What Is Greatness? $2000 personal; four heirs.
Francis Reardon died in New York City June 23. No real and $7842 per¬ sonal ; 6 heirs.
Albert Baker died at Lynbrook.
. , , : There are 6 heirs; $2000 peisonal ._ mas day, 1867, and before night built; j^f^ j„ trust.
at their own expense, the first railroad. Tkomas P. Silliman died at Roslyn depot for the South Side Railroad (L. j October 6. Letters of administration I.R. R.) Mr. Hewlett served upon j ^ere granted his son and only heir on the first Vestry Board of the Church of. jujy 29. The estate consisted of $100 the Redeemer, having previously been | personal.
interested in erecting the present j alanson F. Loaee died at liempstead, ;"':„«« there church building which, since altered, I jj^y ^ His estate consisted of
Tbe Sunday School picnic of the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday was well attended both afternoon and evening. Over forty prizes were awarded and everybody had a good time.
was first known as Union Chapel and I ji2i7.69 and there are 6 heirs. Let-
Rev, and Mrs. L. M. Jones start for Boston Monday evening on the steam¬ ship Massachusetts for a few days' visit. They will meet two of Mr. Jones' college classmates and their The party will then visit places of interest in and around Bos-
was for use by all Protestant denomi nations. Mr. Hewlett served upon the Vestry until within a few years when declining health compelled his resigns* tion. He served also as a trustee of the Merrick Library for a time.
Mr. Hewlett leaves a wife and four children: Florencd May. Edith Wheel¬ er, Mrs. Allen C. Beetham of Balti¬ more and Arthur Ernest.
Funeral services were held in the Church of tbe Redeemer Sunday at 8 o'clock, tbe rector, the Rev! Wm. H. Littebrandt. officiating. Burial was at Greenfield
from the Church Vestry; Messrs. H H. Cammann, P. R. Jennings, F. S. Miller, W. J. Birch, R. Midmer and D. V. W. Lawson.
ton.
The assessors of ttie Town of Hemp¬ stead give notice that tbey have com¬ pleted the asaessment roll for the cur¬ rent year, and a copy has been left at tbeir office. Room 2, Town Hall,
ters of administration were granted to
Mary E. Losee on July 29. • ; Single copies of the Messenger can
Elizabeth Lyon died at Lawrence | be haBjat Wm. Wolfe's drug store at
Beach June 30. There are 18 heirs; 6c each. , tf
and the estate amounts to $98,000. ; ^he Windsor A. C. of Rockville Cen-
HannahTrou died at Farmingdale ^re (so they claimed tobe, although
The estate consisted of $20 t personal 1 they looked to us almost like Hemp-
and there are 4 heirs at law. ! stead or Freeport) crossed bats witb
;;;!^=s ; the Bellmoro team last Sunday and in a j loosely played game, full of errors, poor : judgment and base hits, were defeated by the score of 10 to 9. DariaaA.Marshof Fulton Avenue i .-Ajthough^t^^^^^
weeks wiin dis i scientific standpoint, to the local fan
• |it was very interesting, the locals
making an uphill fi^^ht all the way
Roger N. Arms has purchased from until the eighth inning when they took
Pierre H. Parsons his dwelling proper- the lead by a margin of two runs
ty on the eaat aide of Hilton Avenue. ' which the Windsors could not overcome.
Ed. Bishop and Pete Stein, tbe
Ralph Foreman haa purchased six ! Hempstead battery, were in the jwints lots on the south side of Crook Shank ^o*" ^^*^ Windsors and Merritt and
Hempstead
is spending several
The pall bearers were family at Alexandria Bay.
Avenue, from the Wheatley Realty Co. The third degree team of Hempstead
Schneider for Bellmore. Both pitchers , were hit freely, but Merritt had a 'shade the better of the argument, allowing 12 singles tu Bishop 13 hits, for a total of 21 bases. Windsor broke into the scoring column .... KI • iu ' i "fi^ht at the start, scoring three runs
plaints regarding same. Now is the August Porrier has bought the ' on three singles, a base on balls and a time to look up your aaseasmente, and Emily Jones property on Franklin couple of wild pitches. In tbe third if tbey are too h gh, or too low, to call street. they scored three more through three
HeBj^Mtead Village, where it m^ be Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M., cleared seen any time until Aug. 16, and on .bout $50 from their recent picnic. tbat qay they will meet to hear com-;
the attention of the assessors, and bave corrections made, an<ii after that date It will be a wwte of breath coupiaiots^
isaH
=ss:
U yarn try hm "wwe*wrtise fWcMwrHv to make « WM«—tmIU OtuUti Aat m^B "
r^i,tivii^mismis:.
'ISL
ams fit ¦!• yrar kaU.
"smr
singles and two errors.
(Continvad on Paga 8)
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Capt. Hanse Asks
for Moral Support
His Reason for Resigning Position as Head of Freeport Health Board
The resignation of Capt. James Hanse as President of the local Board of Health, recently tendered to the Village Trustees without any accom¬ panying reason, had led to some in¬ quiry, and yesterday it was learned that the Captain was displeased be¬ cause tbe Trustees had declined to audit a couple of bills for expenses in¬ curred by the Board of Health. One of these was for a trained nurse en¬ gaged to look after a case of scarlet fever, the other an item pertaining to circulars sent broadcast throughout .the village on "The Filthy House Fly."
Capt. Hanse intimated today that he does not propose to act as the bead of the Health Board and have bills which
Freeport
Miss J. M. Kremelberg of the Mes¬ senger office is on her vacation tbis week.
Frank Morrell, known in vaudeville circles as the "California Boy," has managerial pugilistic aspirations. He has taken Battling Peck, a feather¬ weight, under bis wing and is now training him at his country residence n the bungalow section of this village. Already Young Peck is mvtched to meet Andy Cortis for six rounds at tbe open¬ ing of the Aerial Athletic Club at Hammerstein's Roof Garden.
Town Board
A pleasant surprise was tendered to Mr. and Mra. E. J. May, of Russell and Weberfield Aves., Strom berg Park, last Thursday, by Mr. and Mrs. Beecbam of 182 Huron St., Brooklyn, Mrs. Gillen, 67 Jewell St., Brooklyn, and Mrs. and Miss Pieper and L. Gil¬ len of 501 West 164th St., N. Y. City.
An accident on the way happened to are reglti'ma^teFrincwred'sent bacVor Mrs and Miss Pieper and Mrs. Gillen held up indefinitely. i»' Hempatead when the car turned
Members of the Village Board of «'« «n«l they sustained bruises which Trustees declined to say anything con- "i^'red some of the pleasure antici- cerning the Captain's resignation. In ' P"'ed. During the afternoon a ball fact, they claimed they did not know Ka^e was played in *hich Mr. Beecbam why he resigned ' excelled at the bat, which waa going
The Captain talked readily to the I "onne for an old fellow. After an Times reporter. Some of the Trustees | elaborate lunch and dinner the party anticipate he will reconsider his action \ le^* ^o"" the city with the highest but the Captain is known to be a man j prmses tor Freeport. of positive temperament, and many of _,. -^ . ^ r .. ^u
his friends say he will not reconsider Time switches to regulate the time his action unless the Trusees adjust i "'*""'"«''g.^ts off and on at the hre the matters pending and stipulate that | houses are being installed. By these in future thV bills of the Board of ^^eRights are turned off and on auto- Health will be audited in the same' niatically by a clock arrangement, manner as other village claims.
Capt. Hanse has been at the head of the local Board of Health since last spring. He immediately started meth¬ ods df reform, establishing a system
which is changed according to the sea¬ son.
F. Cassassa has gone to tho moun¬ tains for a few days for a rest. While he is away his brother-in-law, Louis
of inspection throughout the village Rovegno, is in charge of his fruit
which resulted in orders for several store.
hundred property owners to "clean "
up." The Captain also had cleaned; Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Clarendon and
the-streain which flows through the vil¬ lage. He stopped scavengers from dumping cesspool and other matter on land outside the village. He had the villagers posted by circulars as to the filthy house fly and did otber work to get the people to guard against condi¬ tions that result in disease.
His efforts to put Freeport on a high sanitary basis have been commended by many residents of tbe village who regret his resignation.
—Brooklyn Times.
Lynbrook
The Rev. and Mrs. P. C. Creveling left on Monday for a month's outing near Allentown, I'a.
daughter of Brooklyn, are spending the summer with W. Weyant, West Side Avenue.
The sidewalk in front of the Harms building on Main Street is being re paired.
The life savera at the various sta¬ tions along tbe coast went on duty Tuesday, with the exception of the winter man, who begins Oct. 1.
Village taxes must now be paid to the tax collector at his residence 122 Church Stroet, with an additional 1 per cent for collection. Application by mail will bring your bill.
Haag's circus was in town Friday and drew a big crowd. The tents were pitched on Broadway near Foreman's lumber yard and performances were given in the afternoon and evening; in the evening nearly every seat waa filled in the big tent, said to have seat- {ing capacity of about 3,000. A good I clean performance was given; and the A series of athletic gamea will be show is said to have been an exception- held under the auspices of the Merii<oke ally good one, comparing very highly Tribe, I. 0. R. M., of Rockville Cen- with the circuses that have been tre, at their first annual picnic to be through this section.
held at Itjen's Urove, on Saturday, i
August 12th. ! Officer William W. Cameron has
A large hound, owned by Mr. Blau-' velt, was killed by an automobile on i Broadway on Saturday afternoon. '
Charles Doscher has joined the ranks j of local autoists.
At the meeting of the Town Boar of Hempstead on Monday afternoon all the members were present; Deputy Clerk Frank Gilbert recording.
A certified copy of an act referring to the discontinuance of the Floral Park Fire District was received from Superviaors' Clerk Goodale and filed.
Pernfiission was granted f r tbe as¬ signment of a lease issued to Daven¬ port Wright on September 7, 1907, to hia son, Henry Wright.
Counselor Alfred T. Davison, attor¬ ney for the Board , appeared and gave his opinion on the matter of the bond issue for funds to erect a town poor- house. He atated that there had been a rumor to the effect tbat the State Board of Charities had threatened that they wonld not approve any plans placed before them by the Town Board. He explained that the State Board would either have to approve of tbe plans or if they disapproved, would have to show why tbey disapproved, giving the Board a chance to elimi¬ nate the cause of tbe disapproval. This would eventually lead to the ap¬ proval or a mandamus proceeding. He suggested that the clerk be directed to make up a list of architects in the town and forwaid them a copy of the invitation to present plans and specifi¬ cations, which was ordered.
: been appointed official dog catcher of the village of Freeport, and Bert Sea¬ man official pound master.
Freeport Council No. 67, Jr. 0. U. A. M., will hold a class initiation Fri¬ day evening, August 11.
In order to testify their appreciation of tbe work done in their behalf by the Ladies' Auxiliary at the time of tbeir annual ball, the members of the Lynr breok Engine Company are arranging for tbe holding of a grand outing, witb the members of tbe Auxiliary as their guesfs, early in August. ^ „^^ ^^^ j^ ^eing put in tbe Wide
There was quite an attendance at 1 Awake Engine Company bouse, corner the lecture given at the Lyceum Hall 1 °^ PI"* *^ Church Street
on Monday evening under the auspices i
of the George Junior Republic, with ( Every man who desires to be a headquarters at Freeville. Tbe lee- {smooth citizen should heed Smith & ture proved very interesting and in- Bedell's ad in thia issue. It
structive.
A feature of the bazaar tbat will be held on the lawn of Chriat Church today, in honor of the eighth anniver¬ sary of the church, will be a reading by tbe talented Mrs. Daymen Lyon of "The Palms."
Miss Blanche Mott is at Babylon with friends, for two weeks.
Judge and Mrs. James P. Niemann, accompanied by their daughter and Mrs. Niemann, sr., left for tbe Dela¬ ware Water Gap on Monday, where they will spend tbe entire montb of August.
Work op the Simonson Building at the Merrick Road and Atlantic avenue, i> progressing aa rapidly aa is pos¬ sible, and when completed, will prove quite an improvement to tbat im¬ portant corner.
A4v«rtla« In Cverylsedy's Pvlpmn
.jBBiili&iiiia
Sunday, August 6, being tbe Feast of the Transfiguration, tbe paternal day bf the Epiacopal Church, there will be special services at 10:45 a. m.| and 7:46 p.m. At the morning'service tbe Venerable R. F. Duffield, Archdea¬ con of Queens and Nassau will be the preacher and will consecrate the many gifts and new purchases of the church. Visitors always welcome at our servi¬ ces.
Mr. and lAifB. Shea, and daughter Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Van Wicklen, Mr. and Mra. Franklin Be¬ dell and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Bedell will spend two weeks at Stanford, N. Y.
Capt. and Mrs. Hanse are on a two weeks' automobile trip to Bostor^ and vicinity. They are accompanied by Capt Hanse's partner, Leo Fisbei.
Lost Railroad Articles
Lost articles are turned in to the parcel room at Pennsylvania Station in New York City at the rate of about 20 a day. Three thousand six hundred and thirty such articles were received between the time the station was op¬ ened, November 27, 1910, and July 12, 1911. So far the most valuable find was a pocket book containing $144 which was immediately claimed by its owner.
Approximately eighteen out of twen¬ ty parcels received daily at this station are called for. When tbey are brought in they are registered in a book, a dup¬ licate ticket is given to the finder, and a tag bearing the same form and num¬ ber is attached. If, at the end of ninety days, the owner has not ap¬ peared, they go back to tbe finder. Of course it is impossible to keep perish^ able goods and these are given back to the finder after twelve hours.
In December 1910, there were 1,204 losses recorded at Broad Street Station in Philadelphia. Eight hundred and sixty of these have been returned to their owners. On May 25th of tbis year there were thirty pieces of lost property picked up; on the 26th and 27th there were 39 respcetively. Of these 18 of the first day's were re¬ claimed, 10 the second and 8 the third. The books in Union Station, Pitts¬ burgh, show that 93 items were re- cord'id during five days taken at ran¬ dom from last May. This is a little less than the average for a like period in New York and the percentage of those restored to the lose is very much less. Inquiries were received for only 43; the other 60 still remain unasked for.
Of course in many instances people set no value on the property lost and do not care to look it up. Whenever an identifying mark can be found the employees in charge notify tbe owner and he often replies tbat be will call for it if he haa time, and then never does.
On tbe other hand there must be many persons wbo make no attempt to trace things because they do not realize tbe possibilities of success at¬ tendant upon a httle effort A letter or telegram directed to tbe lost and found bureau at tbe terminal point for your train will always be answered promptly, and will often bring your property witb the answer.
It is a heterogeneous assortment that meets the visitor's eye in the rail¬ road loat and found storerooms. Al¬ though it has been open less than a year tbe one in Pennsylvania Station in New York already resembles a well- stocked second-hand store. The prize of the collection is what was probably the sleeping accommodations of a fam¬ ily of immigrants. One is n()oved to wonder how its owner ever got such a large bundle of bedding into a car, rather than bow he happened to leave it. There are innumerable bats whicb were probably changed for smoking caps when tbeir wearers boarded tbe train, and never thought of again un¬ til far away.
The larifest space is given to um¬ brellas and eanfls, of which there are hundreiis, repiesenting many uncom¬ fortable scenes between tbeir careless ownerR and that particular member of bis family wbo always says, "where ia
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light Carnival for Hempstead Bay to be held Saturday, Aug.
New Trolley From Freeport to Hempstead
SOUTH SIDE MESSENGER
OFFICIAL PAPER, NASSAU COUNTY
OFFICIAL PAPER, FREEPORT VILLAGE
Vol 4, Number 2
Every Friday
FREEPORT AND BELLMORE. N. Y^ FRIDAY. AUGUST 4, 1911
$1.00 Yeurly, Single Copy 5 C«nts
Merrick
Services at tbe Church of the Re¬ deemer Sanday, Tranifigaration, and the.eighth after Trinity, at 7:30 and 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. Celebration of the Holy Commanion at the early ser¬ vice. The Bishop of the diocese, the Rt. Rev. Frederick Bargess, D. D., ifill.be present at the 11 o'cloclc ser¬ vice* to administer the rite of Confir¬ mation to a class of nine whch will be presented by the rector. No session of the Sunday School will be held cur¬ ing August.
Miss Mary Kent returned on Friday last from a month's stay in Boston, two weeks of which was spent attend¬ ing a conferen>:e for church workers.
Miss Reese of New Hamburg, N. Y., bas'been visiting her sister here, Mrs. A. Clarkson.
Miss Lina Miller of the Merrick Library reports for tbe month ot July 77 people using the library and 163 books taken out as follows: 1 history, 1 raligion, 106 fiction and 46 juvenile. Sixteen books have been added to the library this month making a total of 2642.
: I
The Rev. Wm. Littebrandt spent a few days this week at Ancram, Col¬ umbia Co., N. Y.
Miss Saywood of Dorchester, Mass., was a guest tbis week with Mrs. C. N. Kent.
Mrs. Rhodes of Philadelphia, who has been making a visit with her sis¬ ter, Mrs. Walter E. Spear, left on Tuesday.
The monthly meeting of the Club will be held in the Parish on Tuesday evening at 8:30.
Nearly 20,000 Com¬ muters
Sale jtd Tickets for July Breaks all Records
This month has broken all previous racords for tbe sale of commutation tickets dn tbe Long Island Railroad. Nineteen thousand four hundred and ninety-six tickets were sold for use during July. Tbis is 2,142 more than the highMt mark reached last year, and 2,^A|^r^ater than ^ number of CQmnratt&carried in 3\0^1O.
On prMWc'ally every/division of the system th^re have been large increases over the same month last year. The heaviest traffic was on the Far Rocka¬ way Branch, which handled 6,286 com¬ muters, a gain of 646 over 1910. Other increases are as follows: Rocka¬ way Beach Branch 672; Main Line 434; Montauk Diviuion 322; Long Beach Branch 148; Wading River Branch 128; Atlantic Avenue Division 121; North Side Division 109; Hemp¬ stead Branjih 74, and Oyster Bay Branch 61. ,
"The reason for tTits remarkable ad¬ vance in commutation business," said President Ralph Peters, "may be at¬ tributed to the fact that nearly all suburban points on Long Island have been brought at least a half hour near¬ er the center of Manhattan since the Pennsylvania Railroad's East River tunnels were put in operation last Sep¬ tember. .
Bellmore
"Doc" Wolfe, our druggist, spent a pleasant day on tbe bay one day lest week and he says the outing did him a world of good. He looks better any¬ way.
We have been anxiously awaiting to see something done toward repairing the comer at Bellmore and Grand Avenues, and hope to see the officials mske the improvements soon.
A large number of the members of Advance H., L. & &ng. Co., No. 1, at¬ tended aervices at the Presbyterian Church last Sunday evening and all 1 speak well of the address by the Rev. L. M. Jones, pastor of the church.
Tbe Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and Baptism will be administered at 10:30 a, m. Sanday in the Bellmore Methodist Episcopal Church. Tbe Sun¬ day School will meet at 2:30 p. m. and the Epworth League at 7 :15 p. m. At 7:46 p. m. the camp meeting services will begin. Come and hear the de¬ lightful musical service by the orches¬ tra. Ail welcome.
The annual outing of the Second Dis¬ trict Republican Club will be held to High Hill Beaeh the latter i art of this montb. The date will be announ¬ ced later.
Don't forget to attend, the Demo¬ cratic outing next Wednesday to High Hill Beach. Boats leave Bellmore
"Our passenger business in general; Dock at 9 a. m. returning from the during the past year," he continued, | beach about 6 o'clock. A good time "has exceeded all expectations, and j ig promised for all who attend. Tick- we look forward to even better results ets, including sail and dinner nt Will- when the extensive program of im-1 uj^rth's $1.00.
" Miss Julia Kent is spending a season at Newport, R. I.
Let us remind our readers again o( the opportunity to contribute to the fire fighting facilities of the village by sending a check or salable articles to the committee in charge of the fire¬ men's annual fair to be held in the company's'hall August 16 and 17. It is kindly requested that donations be left at J. W. Birch's Real Estate Of¬ fice a week prior to the date of the fair.
provementa now under way is complet- Men'sjed. It is planned to electrify the lines House to Whitestone Landing, Port Washing¬ ton and Oyster Bay, extending the Bay Ridge line through to Fresh Pond Junc¬ tion and prepare the road for connec¬ tion with the New York Connecting Railroad and tbe New Haven Railroad. "In conjunction with this work the elimination of grade crossings on the Atlantic Avenue and Rockaway Divi¬ sions will be rapidly pushed forward; the Montauk Division will be double tracked to Patchogue, the Main Line to Farmingdale, the Wading River Branch
Merrick's oldest, well-known and honored citizen, William Elijah Hew¬ lett, passed peacefully into rest after a month's confinement to his bed at his residence, the old Hewlett Homestead, on Friday afternoon last at 5 o'clock in the 85th year of his age. The immed¬ iate cause of death was senile gang¬ rene, due to a hardening of the arter¬ ies.
Wm. E. Hewlett's name has been long associated with that of Merrick and its best interests. The beautiful row uf elms ahich has made Merrick Avenue famous throughout the Island, is due to his planting. As one has said, "They are his monument." It was under the leadership af Mr. Hew¬ lett that people got together on Christ-
The Presbyterian Sunday School held a successful picnic at L. R. Smith's Grove on Wednesday, which brought out a good attendance.
A young daughter arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Schwicker on Oak Street this week.
The Pastime Pleasure Club will give an entertainment in Firemen's Hall on Thursday evening, August 24. The program will include a high class olio and the comedv sketch, "The New
to Huntington and such additions and j^^ „ ^he entertainment will be improvements made as may be re- i^^^^ tj,e personal management of Joe
quired at local stations.
Surrogate's Court
During the past week the following! estates have been before the Surro-1 gate's Coort at Mineola. |
Nellie Robinson died at Rockville' Centre on July 12. Her estate .cen-1 sisted cf $3000 real and not less than j $1,000 personal. There are two heirs, j a brother and a sister.
Marion, . the celebrated comedian Music will be furnished by the Nation¬ al Orchestra, of which W. J. Dayton is the manager. This club has alreadv given several good entertainments ard this one pronises to be no exception to tbeir efforts.
There will be services in the Presby¬ terian Church Sunday in the morning at 10:36 and in the evening at 8 o'clock. The subject of the morning sermon will be "A Sincere Friend."
Henry E. Nelson died in New York \ f."Jt!%T p"^ ?^ ^'7''°' "'" '^"^ °" City July 19 leaving $1800 real and! 'What Is Greatness? $2000 personal; four heirs.
Francis Reardon died in New York City June 23. No real and $7842 per¬ sonal ; 6 heirs.
Albert Baker died at Lynbrook.
. , , : There are 6 heirs; $2000 peisonal ._ mas day, 1867, and before night built; j^f^ j„ trust.
at their own expense, the first railroad. Tkomas P. Silliman died at Roslyn depot for the South Side Railroad (L. j October 6. Letters of administration I.R. R.) Mr. Hewlett served upon j ^ere granted his son and only heir on the first Vestry Board of the Church of. jujy 29. The estate consisted of $100 the Redeemer, having previously been | personal.
interested in erecting the present j alanson F. Loaee died at liempstead, ;"':„«« there church building which, since altered, I jj^y ^ His estate consisted of
Tbe Sunday School picnic of the Presbyterian Church on Wednesday was well attended both afternoon and evening. Over forty prizes were awarded and everybody had a good time.
was first known as Union Chapel and I ji2i7.69 and there are 6 heirs. Let-
Rev, and Mrs. L. M. Jones start for Boston Monday evening on the steam¬ ship Massachusetts for a few days' visit. They will meet two of Mr. Jones' college classmates and their The party will then visit places of interest in and around Bos-
was for use by all Protestant denomi nations. Mr. Hewlett served upon the Vestry until within a few years when declining health compelled his resigns* tion. He served also as a trustee of the Merrick Library for a time.
Mr. Hewlett leaves a wife and four children: Florencd May. Edith Wheel¬ er, Mrs. Allen C. Beetham of Balti¬ more and Arthur Ernest.
Funeral services were held in the Church of tbe Redeemer Sunday at 8 o'clock, tbe rector, the Rev! Wm. H. Littebrandt. officiating. Burial was at Greenfield
from the Church Vestry; Messrs. H H. Cammann, P. R. Jennings, F. S. Miller, W. J. Birch, R. Midmer and D. V. W. Lawson.
ton.
The assessors of ttie Town of Hemp¬ stead give notice that tbey have com¬ pleted the asaessment roll for the cur¬ rent year, and a copy has been left at tbeir office. Room 2, Town Hall,
ters of administration were granted to
Mary E. Losee on July 29. • ; Single copies of the Messenger can
Elizabeth Lyon died at Lawrence | be haBjat Wm. Wolfe's drug store at
Beach June 30. There are 18 heirs; 6c each. , tf
and the estate amounts to $98,000. ; ^he Windsor A. C. of Rockville Cen-
HannahTrou died at Farmingdale ^re (so they claimed tobe, although
The estate consisted of $20 t personal 1 they looked to us almost like Hemp-
and there are 4 heirs at law. ! stead or Freeport) crossed bats witb
;;;!^=s ; the Bellmoro team last Sunday and in a j loosely played game, full of errors, poor : judgment and base hits, were defeated by the score of 10 to 9. DariaaA.Marshof Fulton Avenue i .-Ajthough^t^^^^^
weeks wiin dis i scientific standpoint, to the local fan
• |it was very interesting, the locals
making an uphill fi^^ht all the way
Roger N. Arms has purchased from until the eighth inning when they took
Pierre H. Parsons his dwelling proper- the lead by a margin of two runs
ty on the eaat aide of Hilton Avenue. ' which the Windsors could not overcome.
Ed. Bishop and Pete Stein, tbe
Ralph Foreman haa purchased six ! Hempstead battery, were in the jwints lots on the south side of Crook Shank ^o*" ^^*^ Windsors and Merritt and
Hempstead
is spending several
The pall bearers were family at Alexandria Bay.
Avenue, from the Wheatley Realty Co. The third degree team of Hempstead
Schneider for Bellmore. Both pitchers , were hit freely, but Merritt had a 'shade the better of the argument, allowing 12 singles tu Bishop 13 hits, for a total of 21 bases. Windsor broke into the scoring column .... KI • iu ' i "fi^ht at the start, scoring three runs
plaints regarding same. Now is the August Porrier has bought the ' on three singles, a base on balls and a time to look up your aaseasmente, and Emily Jones property on Franklin couple of wild pitches. In tbe third if tbey are too h gh, or too low, to call street. they scored three more through three
HeBj^Mtead Village, where it m^ be Council, Jr. 0. U. A. M., cleared seen any time until Aug. 16, and on .bout $50 from their recent picnic. tbat qay they will meet to hear com-;
the attention of the assessors, and bave corrections made, an progressing aa rapidly aa is pos¬ sible, and when completed, will prove quite an improvement to tbat im¬ portant corner.
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Sunday, August 6, being tbe Feast of the Transfiguration, tbe paternal day bf the Epiacopal Church, there will be special services at 10:45 a. m.| and 7:46 p.m. At the morning'service tbe Venerable R. F. Duffield, Archdea¬ con of Queens and Nassau will be the preacher and will consecrate the many gifts and new purchases of the church. Visitors always welcome at our servi¬ ces.
Mr. and lAifB. Shea, and daughter Myrtle, Mr. and Mrs. Whitney Van Wicklen, Mr. and Mra. Franklin Be¬ dell and Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Bedell will spend two weeks at Stanford, N. Y.
Capt. and Mrs. Hanse are on a two weeks' automobile trip to Bostor^ and vicinity. They are accompanied by Capt Hanse's partner, Leo Fisbei.
Lost Railroad Articles
Lost articles are turned in to the parcel room at Pennsylvania Station in New York City at the rate of about 20 a day. Three thousand six hundred and thirty such articles were received between the time the station was op¬ ened, November 27, 1910, and July 12, 1911. So far the most valuable find was a pocket book containing $144 which was immediately claimed by its owner.
Approximately eighteen out of twen¬ ty parcels received daily at this station are called for. When tbey are brought in they are registered in a book, a dup¬ licate ticket is given to the finder, and a tag bearing the same form and num¬ ber is attached. If, at the end of ninety days, the owner has not ap¬ peared, they go back to tbe finder. Of course it is impossible to keep perish^ able goods and these are given back to the finder after twelve hours.
In December 1910, there were 1,204 losses recorded at Broad Street Station in Philadelphia. Eight hundred and sixty of these have been returned to their owners. On May 25th of tbis year there were thirty pieces of lost property picked up; on the 26th and 27th there were 39 respcetively. Of these 18 of the first day's were re¬ claimed, 10 the second and 8 the third. The books in Union Station, Pitts¬ burgh, show that 93 items were re- cord'id during five days taken at ran¬ dom from last May. This is a little less than the average for a like period in New York and the percentage of those restored to the lose is very much less. Inquiries were received for only 43; the other 60 still remain unasked for.
Of course in many instances people set no value on the property lost and do not care to look it up. Whenever an identifying mark can be found the employees in charge notify tbe owner and he often replies tbat be will call for it if he haa time, and then never does.
On tbe other hand there must be many persons wbo make no attempt to trace things because they do not realize tbe possibilities of success at¬ tendant upon a httle effort A letter or telegram directed to tbe lost and found bureau at tbe terminal point for your train will always be answered promptly, and will often bring your property witb the answer.
It is a heterogeneous assortment that meets the visitor's eye in the rail¬ road loat and found storerooms. Al¬ though it has been open less than a year tbe one in Pennsylvania Station in New York already resembles a well- stocked second-hand store. The prize of the collection is what was probably the sleeping accommodations of a fam¬ ily of immigrants. One is n()oved to wonder how its owner ever got such a large bundle of bedding into a car, rather than bow he happened to leave it. There are innumerable bats whicb were probably changed for smoking caps when tbeir wearers boarded tbe train, and never thought of again un¬ til far away.
The larifest space is given to um¬ brellas and eanfls, of which there are hundreiis, repiesenting many uncom¬ fortable scenes between tbeir careless ownerR and that particular member of bis family wbo always says, "where ia
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